Just keep doing it, preferably in low-stakes settings (short presentations on non-important matters, ideally to people who you know). It's a matter of practice.

Just keep doing it, preferably in low-stakes settings (short presentations on non-important matters, ideally to people who you know). It's a matter of practice. Also, for some people, performance anxiety does not go away but at best can be managed. Even professional theatre actors can be nervous to the point of throwing up right before going on stage. People suffer through it because of their ambition - it's practically a requirement for being in management. You need to decide for yourself if career advancement is worth the pain it causes you - some people enjoy the challenge and the pain, some prefer more chill life. Also, my suspicion is that a main cause of stage fright is that it puts your internal self fully exposed in front of people. In the context of a presentation in a tech company, the presentation is basically a direct transmission (from your brain) of your understanding of the problem you're presenting on. Perfectionists and people who worry a lot can often be frightened by the fact that the presentation will expose their shallow understanding of the subject - in a presentation you're basically streaming in real-time, so there's no time to edit and cover up your weak spots etc. Obviously, the best recipe for that is to have the presentation prepared and practiced beforehand, right down to every couple of sentences. Only the very experienced people can wing a presentation with minimal preparation and have it come out ok (they can usually do it because they know the subject inside out).